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LOT 1529
Stone Age Contorted Stone Face
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR EARLIER
10 1/4 in. (7 kg, 26 cm).
Natural stone block with lightly dressed surface, the narrow edge minimally worked to represent a human face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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